In 1797, on her third trip, she was one of a fleet of six East Indiamen that bluffed a squadron of six French frigates into fleeing.

Captain James Urmston sailed from The Downs on 24 January 1791, bound for Bombay and China.

[3] The British government held Raymond at Portsmouth, together with a number of other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius).

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 7 December, reached St Helena on 13 April 1795, and arrived at The Downs on 22 July.

Taunton Castle was at Rio de Janeiro on 28 June and reached Bombay on 29 August.

On 28 January 1797 the Indiamen had sailed through the Bali Strait in a squall and were off Java when they encountered six French frigates.

On 1 February the Fleet encountered a strong gale with violent squalls and rain; the storm did wreck Ocean.

On the homeward voyage from China, a storm damaged Taunton Castle and forced her to stop at Ambonya.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 28 December, reached St Helena on 22 April 1800, and arrived at The Downs on 25 June.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 30 March, reached St Helena on 10 July, and arrived at The Downs on 16 September.

[1] War with France had resumed and Captain Pierce acquired a letter of marque on 20 April 1804.

She was part of a convoy of nine Indiamen, all bound for China: Perseverance, Neptune, Arniston, Ceres, Royal Charlotte, Alnwick Castle, True Briton, and Cuffnells.

To avoid French ships reported to be in the Indian Ocean, the fleet sailed towards Western Australia, rather than to the Straits of Malacca.

Taunton Castle did not rejoin the rest of the fleet until she arrived at Haerlem Bay, in China.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 9 March 1808, reached Penang on 4 April and St Helena on 10 July.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 4 March 1812, reached St Helena on 28 May, and arrived at The Downs on 22 July.